When I branched out into modular, one of the things I couldn’t wait to do was quantise the DFAM. I’ve had such fun doing so and employ it loads in my patches. Great vid man and congrats on busting 5K subs!
Your series for expanding the sound studio gave me the confidence to begin expanding mine (no SH currently). THANK YOU! Curious why you didn’t mention the quantizer on Pam’s?
How do the voltages corespond between the DFAM and Doepfer 156, since DFAM pitch output calibrated -5 V to +5V where as Doepfer 0 to +10V (?) is there a need for offset or attenuator? Great tutorial series. Thanks!
That's a good question. You don't really need an attenuator. Any discrepancy can be made up with simply tuning the instrument down. I wasn't using any type of offset in this video. I mentioned in the video that since the Doepfer only accepts positive voltage, you have to make sure that the pitch from the sequencer is in the positive range. But you can tune the Oscillators to whatever you like. Does that make sense?
@@braintree56 Yes, thanks :) well, I suppose the DFAM pitch range is so huge that positive sequencer values with tuning Oscillators down should give you a decent low end bass range.
Hey hi again! Thks a lot, i don’t know how to say but your work is amazing and driving me deeper into modular synthesis. I was thinking in a way of doing random quantizing for the DFAM. Did you try it out? I m also a matriarch owner, you still have it? Would you consider making a video with eurorack Dfam and matriarch? I hope I m writing these messages understandable, because my English is not so good, I m French! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I want to recommend against the 2HP Tune quantizer. It's not bad at what it does, especially for the price and HP but it doesn't have a few features that I now consider requirements after learning more about them: The biggest thing missing is a trigger input so that when you change octave, it doesn't make that terrible swooping stepped voltage sound. On a quantizer with a trigger in, it behaves like a S&H and will hold the quantized voltage until a new trigger input. The 2HP Tune just constantly outputs a stream of quantized voltage so you can't nicely transpose a melody mid-flow without extra patching with other modules you may not have or already have in use. I figured that Ornament and Crime does so many other really cool things, that I may as well get one for quantizing during the After Later black friday sale.
Yeah, the O_c is pretty handy. I'm still a little like warm on it because I find it somewhat hard to navigate. I don't use it enough to remember the button combos (and there aren't many!) So I have to look at the manual to remember things like getting to the main menu... Ha!
Ha! Very observant! I have the screw, I just couldn't get the sliding nuts to line up after putting it in my rack. I keep meaning to fix it, but it's pretty secure without it. :)
When I branched out into modular, one of the things I couldn’t wait to do was quantise the DFAM. I’ve had such fun doing so and employ it loads in my patches. Great vid man and congrats on busting 5K subs!
Thanks! Great to hear from you again! :)
As soon as I read the title I knew this was going to focus on the dfam! The shopping list is growing but Christmas is just round the corner so…
Yeah - Quantizing the DFAM is such a fun patching idea! :)
Been using the 156 for a goodly while now... never lets me down. Interesting use of it here!
It's great. My only wish is that it would quantize negative voltages to get lower octaves. Easy to work around - but I wish I didn't have to. :)
Awesome as always! Loving this series.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the comment and support.
Great video! Am looking to add some modular extensions to my sound studio and will now look to add a quantizer. It’s only money after all 😂
YOLO! It's a pretty big rabbit hole! :)
Your series for expanding the sound studio gave me the confidence to begin expanding mine (no SH currently). THANK YOU!
Curious why you didn’t mention the quantizer on Pam’s?
You got it. The Quantizer on Pam's only quantizes it's own voltages. I don't believe you can use it to quantize external voltages.
I found this video especially useful. Would you consider a follow up video on Quantizing the Subharmonicon?
The Subharmonicon actually has a built in Quantizer so you don't need it! I focuses on the DFAM because it it's pitch sequencer is unquantized!
How do the voltages corespond between the DFAM and Doepfer 156, since DFAM pitch output calibrated -5 V to +5V where as Doepfer 0 to +10V (?) is there a need for offset or attenuator?
Great tutorial series. Thanks!
That's a good question. You don't really need an attenuator. Any discrepancy can be made up with simply tuning the instrument down. I wasn't using any type of offset in this video. I mentioned in the video that since the Doepfer only accepts positive voltage, you have to make sure that the pitch from the sequencer is in the positive range. But you can tune the Oscillators to whatever you like. Does that make sense?
@@braintree56 Yes, thanks :) well, I suppose the DFAM pitch range is so huge that positive sequencer values with tuning Oscillators down should give you a decent low end bass range.
@@dariuszickus3999 Yeah, I mean -5 to +5 is 10 octaves... Just taking the +5 you've still got 5 octaves worth of range...
Hey hi again! Thks a lot, i don’t know how to say but your work is amazing and driving me deeper into modular synthesis. I was thinking in a way of doing random quantizing for the DFAM. Did you try it out? I m also a matriarch owner, you still have it? Would you consider making a video with eurorack Dfam and matriarch? I hope I m writing these messages understandable, because my English is not so good, I m French! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hi there! Yes, I can understand your message. I still have my Matriarch and would like to do some videos on it soon! :)
Yeah!! Thks a lot
I want to recommend against the 2HP Tune quantizer. It's not bad at what it does, especially for the price and HP but it doesn't have a few features that I now consider requirements after learning more about them: The biggest thing missing is a trigger input so that when you change octave, it doesn't make that terrible swooping stepped voltage sound. On a quantizer with a trigger in, it behaves like a S&H and will hold the quantized voltage until a new trigger input. The 2HP Tune just constantly outputs a stream of quantized voltage so you can't nicely transpose a melody mid-flow without extra patching with other modules you may not have or already have in use.
I figured that Ornament and Crime does so many other really cool things, that I may as well get one for quantizing during the After Later black friday sale.
Yeah, the O_c is pretty handy. I'm still a little like warm on it because I find it somewhat hard to navigate. I don't use it enough to remember the button combos (and there aren't many!) So I have to look at the manual to remember things like getting to the main menu... Ha!
Sounds like a Alien societies children playground
So cool
Thats what modular is for me these new undiscovered musical universes
Me too! Glad you liked it. :)
In your demo quantizing the DFAM the melody isn’t tuned to the bass by the M32.
The Bass drum has a ton of frequency modulation. It's not really playing a specific note.
I love your videos and this series, but I need to tell you this: Your DFAM is missing a screw on the top right corner 😭
Ha! Very observant! I have the screw, I just couldn't get the sliding nuts to line up after putting it in my rack. I keep meaning to fix it, but it's pretty secure without it. :)
Fade the audio in. It pops too much in the first moment on headphones.
Thanks for the heads up.